Genetic disorders in Arabs as for OMIM™

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-18

  Tadmoiiri, Ghazi O ^a   Bissar Tadmoiiri, Nisrine ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arab populations; Congenital malformations; Genetic disorders; Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002510849     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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